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Hello everyone. I am new to student doctor network. I am applying for the next cycle and will hopefully apply early. With regard to the personal statement I had a few questions. I have had to deal with some health problems during my life that are not curable and have to deal with some pain everyday. Do you think it would be a good idea to mention this in my personal statement? I have heard different advice from different people. Some people say telling the admissions committee about health problems might put doubt in their minds that I can handle dental school while dealing with a chronic illness. I do not want to say what health problems I have for privacy reasons but it does not effect my hands for doing dental surgeries and I try not to let it effect my motivation for studying. Also my 3 top choices for schools would be UCLA, UCSF and Loma Linda. For UCSF and UCLA do you think it would be a good idea to do research as an undergrad? Sorry for the long post and thanks for the advice. My overall GPA is 3.6 and my science GPA is 3.5. I have a score of 20 on all sections of the DAT except PAT which is 18.